Conus gabelishi
| Conus gabelishi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Subfamily: | Coninae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. gabelishi |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus gabelishi da Motta, 1982 [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Floraconus gabelishi (da Motta & Ninomiya, in da Motta, 1982) | |
Conus gabelishi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 43 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs along Western Australia.
References
- ↑ da Motta, A. J., 1982. Seventeen New Cone Shell Names (Gastropoda: Conidae). , 1: 1 -20
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Conus gabelishi da Motta, 1982. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 July 2011.
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
- Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4th 2009 Edition
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp